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Big box opening. it earned $25 million friday and is on its way to $50 million this weekend. it will be one of the biggest blockbuster openings ever for a movie. not a musical, not a bio pick. >> last year it was "garden of the galaxy," this year it's the nba. it's a well done movie, it's also compelling, it's hitting at a cultural moment where you're seeing tensions between the african-american community and the police. there is a significant scene where they're told not to play their song "blank the police" and they go ahead and play it -- >> in detroit. >> -- in detroit, and there is a riot...

Heretofore pale by comparison. but speaking of the salacious stuff, i want to read a september exchange. criticizing leonardo dicaprio's decision to back out of the bio pick. quote, was this about the deal or did he just change his mind? that's from gordon. the latter replied, then gordon replied with horrible behavior which was echoed, actually, despicable. do you think hollywood stars are really surprised by exchanges like this? or are they more surprised they've gone public? and i also want to ask, do the stars need the studios more or do the studios need the stars more? >> well, it's a mut...

So set the vcr. sony is making a movie out of lean in, the best seller from facebook ceo sheryl sandberg. it's not going to be a bio pick. they will try to come up with an original story line out of it. sandberg's book is not universally beloved. it made her sound elitist, some say, especially to working moms. can a nationally televised rant really pay off? you bet it can. that's coming up next in the sports lead.

Moments and movements and amazing victories led by underdogs. mandela was one. walesa another. he was ship yard union organizers that helped overthrow the repressive government in poland. imprisoned in the early 1980s, the leader of the solidarity movement went on to get the nobel peace prize in 1983, became the first democratically elected president of poland in 1990. his story is once again the hope of poland. although this time the stakes are considerably lower. a new bio pick, telling his life story, is chasing oscar gold. it will be their submission for best foreign language film. did the...

>> my lord, it is not i but the government that should be put in the dark. i plead not guilty. >> let's bring in the film critic for "the new york times." a pleasure to have you. >> nice to be here. >> the "l.a. times" says it's a familiar story but one worth experiencing again. it's a very powerful film. what's your read on it? >> yeah, it's a very -- it's sort of a conventional bio pick. it's trying to tell the whole story of mandela's life from his start as a lawyer in south africa through the years of his imprisonment to his election to the presidency. so it's biting off quite a lot and it...